Obit for C. C. "Red" Wilson of Catahoula, Parish, Louisiana
Submitted:  Carol Young Knight
Source:
Date:     9/19/1999 3:16:47 PM Central Daylight Time


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Obit for C.C. "Red" Wilson - Catahoula Parish, La.

Source - local newspaper

Funeral services for C.C. "Red" Wilson, 68, of Jonesville, were held at 2:00
p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the First Baptist Church of Jonesville with the
Revs. Bobby Pennington and Lucian Conway officiating.

Internment followed at the Harrisonburg Cemetery under the direction of
Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville.

Mr. Wilson, a lifelong resident of Catahoula Parish, was a member of the
Jonesville First Baptist Church and was a retired Texaco oil and gas
distributor. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Wilson was also a member of the
American Legion and a past master of the Four-Rivers Masonic Lodge.

He also was a former Alderman for the Town of Jonesville.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hester B. Wilson of Jonesville; two sons,
Roscoe Wilson of Alexandria and Mike Wilson of Jonesville; two sisters, Mrs.
Molly Mayo of Monroe and Mrs. Dollye Thompson of Jena; one brother, Perry
Wilson of Baton Rouge; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jimmy Kelly, Hubert Simon, Ben LaRavia, Odie Wagner,
Charlie Walker and Carlton White.

Honorary pallbearers included Bill Daugherty, Leon Doles, Nelson Summerell
and Claude Current.

(Note:  Clifton Carl "Red" Wilson was the son of Roscoe Barron Wilson and
Syrena Gertrude Oliphant, born on December 23, 1914 - died March 31, 1983.
He married Hester Camille Breithaupt on October 27, 1935 - she was the
daughter of Lillie Otis Wilson and Truman Grimes Breithaupt.)